"I've always wanted a diet because sometimes I get hurt because I'm at the age for liking boys. Another problem is my folks! Could you give me some advice? Thanks."
--Paloma, 10

"I weigh 217 and I need help. Please help me."
--Joseph

"I haven't wanted to diet...only sometimes when my brother calls me fat as a joke. I don't want to because it can kill me if I don't eat when I am hungry and because God made me. If I am going to be fat so be it, and if I'm not so be it."
--Kayla, 10

"Yes…I'm on a seefood diet. I see food and I eat it!!! Lol! Ha ha! Well, no I've never wanted to go on a diet cuz I like the way I am."
--Chris, 13

"My whole life I have been teased, picked at and called names because of my weight. As I got older I realized that I am special and am somebody and am great, so if u have my problem just think u are different and special."
--Sarah, 12

"Because I am really overweight."
--Christy, 11

"Yes actually, I tried to diet once because I hated the way people looked at me. It made me feel like I was being judged on what I looked like, no matter how much I would tell myself that what matters is what I think!"
--Rebecca, 12

"Why should we try to be better looking by going on a diet? There r different kinds of diets."
--Tiffany

"I have been wanting to go on a diet ever since my family started taking walks. They tell me all the time to cut back on the sweets so I have tried and have not eaten as much lately. Should I be worried?"
--Amy, 10

"I wanted to diet a long time ago when I was in 4th grade, and I ended up weighing 50 pounds because I thought I was fat but I was not."
--Callie

"Yes, because I look fat and I think other people can see that I look fat."
--Sekai

"Because when I wear something like a dress it makes me look fat! I don't like that look!"
--Makeeba, 11

"I've ALWAYS WANTED TO go on a diet because everyone in my family used to make fun of me and say that I was fat and stuff like that."
--Arely, 11

"I want to diet but I can't resist my favorite food. I wanna diet because people make fun of me and call me names like fatty big bird and jelly roll. What can I do? Help me please!!!"
--Melaina, 11

"Yes, I have thought about it but I never did it. The reason why is because everybody at my school makes fun of me. I also weigh 120 pounds."
--Karissa, 11

"I want to diet because my stomach is a bit big and I am a little heavy."
--KC, 11

"I'm kind of overweight. I really don't look it, but when I look in the mirror, I feel like I weigh 1,000 pounds. Then I decided to talk to my mom about it. My mom said that we could talk to my doctor about going on a diet or something. When we did talk to my doctor, he said it was pure muscle. Sure I had a healthy amount of fat, but I had leg muscles from cross-country and dance, and arm muscles from gymnastics, and stomach muscles from both of them. I have a ton of muscle, and muscle weighs a lot more than fat, so don't get yourself down. It may just be all muscle!"
--Chloe, 12

"All my friends are skinny and I'm not fat but I'm not skinny."
--Kristen, 11

"I want to diet because I want to lose a lot of weight. I want to lose at lease 20 pounds. Can you help?"
--Breanna, 11

"I'm skinny as a toothpick. You need to stop being like other people and be thankful of how God made you."
--Amond, 10

"I have tried to diet because I'm not able to wear all the styles that are in like hip-huggers and low waste pants. I feel like screaming at times. I gained 18 pounds my doctor told me, and at times my mom didn't help much either. I'm losing slowly and just cutting my portions of food."
--Manal, 11

"I'm 12 and I weigh 140 pounds! I need advice."
--Noorjhan, 12

"I wanted to because last year I was 68 lbs. and now I'm like 84 lbs."
--Vikki, 11

"I think I'm fat and am starting to have an eating disorder. HELP!"
--Siobhan, 10

"I want to diet because I weigh 98 pounds."
--Alysha, 11

"No. I would just watch what I ate."
--Ella, 11

"I've thought about dieting before, but I couldn't because if I just eat that disgusting low-fat food for breakfast and lunch I'll get really hungry and eat a lot at dinner. Between this year and last year I've gained 10 pounds!! But when I started puberty I lost about 15 pounds, but now I'm a little scared because my mom said that after puberty you gain about 9 pounds!! Oh no! Before I started puberty my family started talking about me, 'If you don't start trying now you're going to start being like this, like that, and bla bla bla!!' I was sick of it! Thanx, bye."
--Anonymous

"I just want to lose weight. I'm 37 pounds overweight!!! Help me!!"
--Marina, 11

"Yes, because I want to be skinny. It's hard being overweight and it's from my parents. Can you help me? Thanks."
--Breanna, 11

"I wanted to diet because I think I'm fat in the legs and if I go to visit my family they are always talking about me."
--Tyease, 12

"Yes, because my legs and hips are larger and my upper body seems to be small. I want that to change."
--Ashley

"My mom says I am not fat, but I think I am. I have tried going on a diet but I just keep forgetting about it."
--Cheyanne, 11

"I am fat."
--Bianka, 12

"When it comes to my stomach area I have rolls. In summer time, I let myself go crazy with food. I need a diet to lose weight."
--Amanda, 11

"I wanted to diet because all my friends dieted and I thought I should too. I'm also 3 pounds heavier than my 10 year old brother. It was stupid but I did it anyway."
--Lola, 10

"I want to diet, but it seems weird 'cause at lunch I hardly eat. Then at dinner, I don't eat much and I never eat breakfast."
--Chelsey, 12

"Here's my advice: Stop watching TV, get up off your butt, and drink some tea. It is very healthy and it cleanses your system. Join a sport! I am not dumb. I am an all A student. Trust me it's all natural!!!!"
--Not Tryin' 2 b Mean, 12

"There is a certain kind of diet u can have and it's to gain weight. That's the 1 I had. I was very thin for my age so I ate more proteins and food that help ur muscles. Now I have a healthy weight for a 12-year-old."
--Amanda, 12

"Because my best friend is popular and skinny which I sort of am. I'm skinny but I weigh a hundred pounds and I only look skinny sometimes. One time there was one of my friends that was heavier than me and I sat by her and she said, I thought you were skinny. That's why I want to go on a diet. "
--Jessy, 11

"Because I'm overweight and I feel out of place when I'm w/ my friends. All of them are skinny. I'm 155lbs and 11 years old. It sucks and I've tried exercise, diet, and everything else. Nothing works for me. I am tall so I don't look fat. I just look like a chubby, not fat, teenager."
--Gina, 11

"I think my thighs and stomach are too big and don't match with my body shape. I also eat a lot and it seems like half of it goes to my stomach and half to my thighs. Everyday I take a lot of fat foods into my body and I want a diet to keep my stomach and thighs thin and healthy."
--Judith, 13

"Because I thought I was wearing a size 7 in j. h. so I decided 2 work out more and I lost lots of pounds by eating better stuff like fruits and veggies. Now I wear a size 3!"
--Anonymous

"I think I'm fat because some people call me fat. I think I may have an eating disorder."
--Alexis, 10

"I kinda went on a diet and had dessert once every 3 nights 'cause I wanted to be healthy and maybe lose 10 pounds 'cause I feel sick if eat desserts every night."
--Jazmin, 12

"Yes, because everyone in my family says, 'Oh stop eating so much. You're on the chubby side' and all this other stuff, so it makes me mad."
--Brittany, 10

"I wanted to go on a diet because I eat a lot and now I weigh about 100 pounds or 99 pounds."
--Ashley, 11

"I pretty much always want to diet but I don't have the will power to do it. I want to diet to get me back to a healthy weight so I will be able to play soccer."
--Daniela

"Yes I have wanted 2 diet only because I thought I was fat. I would eat a lot and then puke it back up. I ended up in the hospital and was really sick. Now I am better."
--Alycia, 12

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